Google Apps with CloudLock Apps Firewall becomes the only enterprise
offering that allows organizations to balance the apps users want with
the security the organization needs

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2012

October 22, 2012 09:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time

WALTHAM, Mass. & ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CloudLock, the market leader in cloud data security for enterprises,
today announced the launch of CloudLock
Apps Firewall at Gartner Symposium/ITXPO 2012, the world’s most
important gathering of CIOs and senior IT executives. CloudLock Apps
Firewall helps enterprises discover, classify and enable trusted third
party mobile and web apps that require access to users’ Google Apps
accounts and data.

One of the major benefits of cloud collaboration platforms like Google
Apps is end users’ ability to easily add applications to enhance their
productivity. Many of these applications ask to be granted access to
information and capabilities that are core to their function such as
documents, email, and contacts. While these permissions may very well be
legitimate to ensure the apps’ expected behavior, it is important for
the corporate IT team to have visibility into what applications domain
users are leveraging, to identify tools that could benefit the entire
workforce and to ensure that these permissions are not overly intrusive.

“Companies moving to cloud collaboration suites like Google Apps, aren’t
just moving their data, they're also fundamentally changing how third
party apps gain access to that data. The shift to the cloud creates a
new, virtual security perimeter that includes apps that read from and
write to domain data, as well as the vendors behind them,” said Gil
Zimmermann, CEO and Co-Founder of CloudLock. “CloudLock Apps Firewall
helps enterprises extend their security practices to include apps that
have been granted access to their Google Apps domain, discovering all
apps and showing the scope of permissions and access available to each.
Organizations can now provide users with the convenience of mobile and
web apps, and ensure security, governance, and compliance policies are
adhered to.”

There is no question that employees are using consumer and mobile web
apps to get their work done. Companies using Google Apps can now use
CloudLock Apps Firewall to balance the productivity gains from these
apps with keeping corporate data safe. Companies that mistakenly believe
their employees are not already using the cloud, can either keep their
heads in the sand and ignore the fact that employees will use
unsanctioned apps to do business related tasks, or they can use Google
Apps and CloudLock Apps Firewall to embrace employee choice while
maintaining control over how apps can access sensitive information.

CloudLock Apps Firewall is designed to allow employees the freedom and
flexibility to perform their daily tasks while providing IT with the
visibility and control to enforce the Approved Application Policy (AAP).
CloudLock Apps Firewall:

Provides effective, ongoing monitoring and discovery of new apps used
in the domain

Drives user productivity by promoting trusted, approved applications

Protects the domain from unapproved application access, with
enterprise wide visibility and the controls needed to remediate across
thousands of users

Educates users on the permissions third-party applications request and
which are permissible by the organization

“We were looking for a way to monitor and control 3rd party apps in
Google Drive similar to how we've done so with on-premise data in the
past. Our move to Google Apps was a strategic one, and we want to give
our employees all the tools they need to do their jobs. CloudLock Apps
Firewall gives us exactly what we were looking for," said Steve Simmons,
Director of Infrastructure, AMAG Pharmaceuticals.

“After demoing CloudLock Apps Firewall, we are very excited about what
it can do for us. We will be able to have visibility into all apps that
have access to our Google Apps domain, decide which apps we want to
expose, and which apps need to remain hidden for further testing,” said
Victoria Reyes, Applications Systems Administrator at Teach for America.

The cloud is fundamentally shifting the role of data security within the
enterprise. Rather than holding to restrictive on-premise security
protocols, savvy organizations understand the need to promote secure
collaboration within fast-moving cloud platforms like Google Apps to
ensure that confidential data is safe from unauthorized access or
unintentional leakage. CloudLock is dedicated to providing enterprises
with the solutions they need to enforce their AAP to locate applications
that will benefit their employees while removing those that could
potentially put data at risk.

“Consumer app stores create a number of challenges for IT leaders
looking to support the application needs of an enterprise. They raise
the bar for IT organizations by providing simpler ways to find,
purchase, install and upgrade a wide variety of applications. When
employees come to work, they bring their app store experience and
expectations with them, and begin to expect a similar experience with
their enterprise applications,” said Ian Finley, Research VP, Gartner
Research.

“Consumer app stores also open up enterprises to new security risks.
When users find it difficult to source the applications they need from
within the enterprise, they often source those applications from
consumer app stores, where they may unwittingly expose corporate data
and systems to malware and data theft,[1]” added Finley.

CloudLock
helps enterprises extend their data security practices and data loss
prevention (DLP) to the cloud. CloudLock’s suite of security
applications give businesses the controls and visibility they need to
take advantage of the collaboration benefits of public cloud offerings,
without sacrificing on security. The largest Google Apps customers in
the world trust CloudLock to secure their data. For more information
about the company or reseller opportunities call (781) 996-4332 or visit http://www.cloudlock.com.